"The biggest hardship I face is lack of a diversified source I income. I rely on farming as the main source of income yet it is not even in large quantity. That has limited liquidity in my household which makes my household vulnerable during the times of illness as food shortage. "

"The biggest hardship I face is inability to pay my children's school fees in time. My spouse gets salary from his employment but it is not adequate enough. This has affected my children's performance in class hence poor grades."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to purchase oxen and ox-plough . This has been my wish for avery long period of time since I rely on farming as a source of earning. I will freely engage in earlier crop planting because oxen is an additional Labour force to facilitate easy tilling of land. Iam sure my family will no longer suffer much famine since it's possible to maximise production."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of money to fully cater for my family's needs. I have hardship in paying school fees, medical bills and other basic needs of the children."

"My daily life is better because I feed well hence making me healthy. Before, I never fed on a balanced diet and at times even slept hungry."

"I expect your life to change in the next six months in that I will have saved enough from the sales of eggs to continue paying for my children in school. This will give me humble time to concentrate on other investment that generates good returns."

"Receiving this money means buying an additional acre of farm land in order to support food production. I have only one acre of farm that is not enough to produce food for both my family consumption and sale."

"The moment I received the money, I felt happy. For I knew this transfer was going to enable me develope."

"At my age, I need to feed well. The cash transfer have improved my nutrition habits.I am healthier and happy because I nolonger worry about food compared to the time before I received the cash transfers."

"The biggest impact is that I am overjoyed that GiveDirectly chose to send me the cash transfers at my advanced age. My joy lies in the fact that I will be in position to construct a commercial house which will earn me income."